Upshot vs Fallout - What's the difference?
upshot | fallout |
(US) A concise summary.
The final result, or outcome of something.
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
The particles themselves.
A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
(rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
(rare) The person who declines such an offer.
As nouns the difference between upshot and fallout
is that upshot is (us) a concise summary while fallout is radioactive fallout (radioactive particles that fall to the ground).upshot
English
Noun
(en noun)- I'm not interested in hearing all the details. Just give me the upshot .
- The upshot was that they had to get married.
Synonyms
* (concise summary) bottom line, digest, the long and short * (final result) bottom line, conclusion, consequenceAnagrams
*fallout
English
Noun
(en noun)- On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism , title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in [http://www.jewishworldreview.com].